Wednesday, February 19, 2014

EV History Tidbit from the EEVC Newsletter

The First Porsche Ever Built ... Was Electric

On January 27 2013 Porsche announced that the first Porsche ever built, called the Egger- Lohner electric vehicle, C.2 Phaeton (aka the P1), was going on display at the company’s museum in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. The car was built in 1898 by Ferdinand Porsche when he was 22 years old, and is unrestored. It has a 3 hp motor (5 hp for brief intervals) that gave it a top speed of 35 mph and a 500-kg battery pack that gave it a range of up to 80 km, or 3-6 operating hours.

What's This Blog All About?

here is a link to the official bucks county renewables website

EV's in Macungie

Why Electric Vehicles?

If you are new to EV's, watch the six-minute video below to learn about the history and advantages of all-electric vehicles. The video features our converted 1991 Dodge Colt.

E-Vanagon Rolls!

Click below for a clip of our 1985 Volkswagen Vanagon EV rolling for the first time on August 10, 2007. It was converted by the participants in a two-week EV Conversion Workshop sponsored by Bucks County Renewables, and then re-converted and upgraded during a second workshop in 2009.